Likewise, we use Dell IPS monitors. They are excellent and also not too severe in terms of contrast, so easy to use for long periods of time. The reproduction on some screens can be very OTT and tiring for the eyes.

That is one amazing list!

Thanks for the update Glyn.

PS Note the classic design of the rear articulated screen...

This could well be a first picture of the new FF camera body.....



I've been scanning old prints and this was shot in Bienne, Switzerland using the Pentax MX.

If you can find a nice second hand K-5 it will do very well at a reasonable low price. It may not be lighter, but it will be faster and more durable.

By June 1974 we had a one page full colour advert.



We also found out who won the gold Pentax Spotmatic. The well deserved winner was Wim Groeneveld from Holland. His panel of images, shots of his wife, were very gritty and modern, most unlike the sort of bland winners that we might have expected from Another Publication.

Just to complete the record, the runners up in that competition were Ed Buziak, James A Laurence, Mervyn Rees, Sigurd Thoreirsson and Douglas Winton. At least a couple of familiar names in there, at least to those of us who read magazines.

I've marked the end date in my diary and look forward to seeing what you all got up to!

An updated version of the ESII advert appeared May 1974.

Moving forwards to February 1974, we find a cover mention for a rather interesting competition. Inside, the Pentax advert runs to three pages. First the teaser page, the turn overleaf and we found the two page advert.

I'm working my way through my copies of Photo Technique and I thought I would pull out the Pentax advertising as I went. This first one is a double page spread from Vol 2 No 2 (the first issue in my collection) dated December 1973.